Typically, I don't talk about these things, because, well, it's rather intimidating for my friends to know I have such greatness in my genes. And no one likes to feel inferior to their friends.

Okay, so none of that's true. But my dad is a pretty cool super swell guy. His name actually really is John W. Gardner. However, his only real claim to fame, that I know of anyway, is that he went to high school with Ann Margaret.

Anyway, he just bought his first laptop. I know this because he called today and asked me to teach him how to use it next week when we're at Watervale. While it will be nice to be able to communicate with my dad via the internet (this is also his first computer), I can't say I'm happy that he wants to bring computers on vacation!

He'll be reading my blog starting next week, so I guess I have to start behaving myself and watching what I say.

Oh, screw it. If he doesn't know I'm an ACLU card-carrying member of the Liberal Elite by now, well, it's about time he found out.

About Little Merry Sunshine

A native of Chicago's Northwest Suburbs and resident of the North Shore, Jessica Gardner is passionately opinionated about everything (and we mean EVERYTHING) including local, national, and international politics, sports, news, and martinis, to name a few. The eternal optimist with moments of confusion (she’s blonde after all), Jessica’s musings can be found on her blog, Little Merry Sunshine. When not working (and as an Alumni Relations Manager and business owner, Jessica is almost always working), she volunteers, debates politics, attends wine tastings, cooks, reads, watches The West Wing DVDs, cheers for the Cubs, and plans Ravinia outings and other gatherings for her friends. In spite of her love of all things Chicago – sports, pizza, the lake, etc. – Jessica lives for her time away from it all (her laptop, cell phone, tv, social media, etc.) in Northern Michigan and loves country music, which her friends pretend to not know about.